Dreams of Joy
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
3 journalers for this copy...
Shanghai...1957... birth father.... China.... what I gathered from the back cover
This is the sequel to The Shanghai Girls which I read a few years back, and I think a better book of the two.
First off, it's easy to say that Joy is a stronger character and a more interesting protagonist. Also, it gives me a glimpse of life in the Great Leap Forward. As a famine caused by the still-revered Mao's misguided ideals, at a time when the country was closed off to outsiders, unlike holocaust or the Nanking massacre, there's considerably less research, memoirs and literature about that tragic page in China's history. As always, Lisa See's books are well researched and give me a rare glimpse of the suffering of that period. Or rather, the suffering of the peasants. I naively didn't realize that the city folks would be enjoying life as usual. But then of course, that has always been the case throughout history.
This book stays in the box and I hope the next reader will enjoy it as much as I did.
First off, it's easy to say that Joy is a stronger character and a more interesting protagonist. Also, it gives me a glimpse of life in the Great Leap Forward. As a famine caused by the still-revered Mao's misguided ideals, at a time when the country was closed off to outsiders, unlike holocaust or the Nanking massacre, there's considerably less research, memoirs and literature about that tragic page in China's history. As always, Lisa See's books are well researched and give me a rare glimpse of the suffering of that period. Or rather, the suffering of the peasants. I naively didn't realize that the city folks would be enjoying life as usual. But then of course, that has always been the case throughout history.
This book stays in the box and I hope the next reader will enjoy it as much as I did.
I know Mom read Shanghai Girls, so maybe she'd like to read this one too!Taken from AlterEgoZoe's Far East Bookbox with thanks!
Mom read this, so now it's ready to move on.
I like the cover art.
I like the cover art.
Journal Entry 6 by 
hyphen8
at Beach house - Wilikoki Pl in Kailua, Hawaii USA on Monday, June 10, 2019
hyphen8 at Beach house - Wilikoki Pl in Kailua, Hawaii USA on Monday, June 10, 2019
Released 4 yrs ago (6/9/2019 UTC) at Beach house - Wilikoki Pl in Kailua, Hawaii USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Sunday, June 09, 2019: the beautiful beach house we went to as part of our high school reunion had a lovely bookshelf...so of course I needed to add a couple of books! (Larger photo here.)I'm so glad you've found this book! Won't you make a journal entry so the previous readers know that it's safe with you?
How and where did you find the book? What did you think of it? What are you going to do with it next?
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